Motion Graph Matching

Which VT graph goes with this?

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Answer explanation

This object goes in the positive direction and then the negative direction, so velocity has to be positive (top half) first and then negative (bottom half).

Which VT graph goes with this?

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Answer explanation

This object moves in the negative direction and the position vs time graph is a straight line, which means constant velocity. So the VT graph is a flat line (constant velocity) in the bottom half (negative).

Which VT graph goes with this?

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Answer explanation

This object moves in the negative direction first and then the positive direction, so the VT graph has to be negative (bottom half) first and then positive (top half).

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NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What VT graph goes with this?

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Answer explanation

This object is moving in the negative direction and slowing down, so the VT graph is in the bottom half and getting closer to zero.

Which VT graph goes with this?

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Answer explanation

This object is moving at a constant velocity in the positive direction, so the VT graph is in the positive (top) half and is flat (because the velocity is constant).

Which VT graph goes with this?

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Answer explanation

This object is moving in the negative direction (so velocity is in the bottom half of the graph) and speeding up (so velocity is getting farther from zero).

Which VT graph goes with this?

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Answer explanation

This object is moving in the positive direction, so velocity is always in the top half of the graph. It starts fast (so far from zero), slows down (gets close to zero) and then speeds up again (getting farther from zero).

Which VT graph goes with this?

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Answer explanation

This object is moving in the positive direction and slowing down. So velocity is in the positive part of the graph and getting closer to zero.

Which VT graph goes with this?

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The position vs time graph is going up, so velocity has to be positive. It's getting steeper, so velocity is getting faster and farther away from zero.

Which VT graph goes with this?

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Answer explanation

This object is not moving, so the velocity is zero the whole time.